On Fri 09 Nov 2012 11:08:15 NZDT +1300, Brett Davidson wrote: > Yes - it has the ability to do BGP but you won't be loading even a full > domestic route table into this puppy. Good to learn BGP on only. Oh so much > fun to try out protocols and configurations that would normally cost you > several appendages. ;-)
If the day had 36 hours, ... What device would you recommend for domestic purposes? I guess 256MB should be about right. > Yes - then again, almost all devices have the problem of how to connect to > them when you are attempting to rearrange the LAN interface that you > initially connect to them on. ;-) Even the dumbest devices respond on a factory-set IP address with a web interface that allows you to enter a new IP. The connection then goes sort of dead - but it'll respond instead on the one you just entered. Can't Mikrotik even manage that? That's ridiculous - and they want me to trust them with my security?!??? > Pfsense lets you and gets around that issue with a handy serial-based shell. That's only one option. VGA + keyboard is another. The headless ones (embedded version) may have a default IP set. Sure, the serial port might work too. ;-) > You need a managed switch (or at least a VLAN aware one) as a normal switch > will drop VLAN-tagged packets. Not a cheap option. Hence not so prevalent in homes... However dare I say http://routerboard.com/RB250GS About $90 into your hand from gowifi. They say managed switch with VLAn support - but don't say how many ports can be VLAN managed. If it's only the uplink port then it's only slightly better than an unmanaged switch. Are you able to tell? > Again, they have that one annoying limitation on setup (or if ssh or the > web-based administrator fails) in that you will need the windows app to > access the device. I will not be creating a dependency on Mickey Mouse. That's best for the childrens' room. > They do sell the software only for use on a PC and that would get rid of > almost all the issues with it as you could use a serial interface to > reconfigure the LAN ports. That immediately loses the low-power option > though. :-( Yep - and the bonus over pfsense would be...? And that license is damnably expensive. Thanks, Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
